Seeking to improve understanding, communication, and cooperation between Mexico and the United States by promoting original research, encouraging public discussion, and proposing policy options for enhancing the bilateral relationship.

Mexico’s Minister of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal says his predominantly Catholic country is prepared to go to unholy extremes if Republican candidate Donald Trump gets elected in November.

“If we have to talk to the devil to guarantee the safety and the future of the Mexican people—in Mexico and the U.S.— then Mexico we’ll talk to the devil,” Guajardo Villarreal said during an Americas Society/Council of the Americas panel discussion Wednesday night in New York City.